Leslie Hurtig

Leslie Hurtig was born into a house of books and has made her career from various points within Canada’s book industry. She has worked for some of Canada’s best bookstores and acted as a sales representative, publicist and foreign rights manager for some of North America’s great publishers. Leslie has been with the Vancouver Writers Fest for over 20 years; first as a Director on its board, and now as Artistic Director, programming remarkable voices and stories from across Canada and around the world.